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Today’s Temperatures
-14F as we went through Engineer Creek on the Dempster, mostly 6-14F everywhere else.

Return to Whitehorse
After a filling buffet breakfast, we left Eagle Plains (my own favourite stop on this rally) bound for Whitehorse.

With temperatures mostly below 10F, everyone’s gas mileage suffered terribly and many teams had to top up from their spare gas on the side of the road. The trip was generally uneventful. We stopped for photos a few times and I kept my eye on the wonderful yellow ice creeks which are fed from hot springs, with a pungent sulfur odor. You don’t expect to see these at -14F at the top of a mountain pass!! I wish there was a good spot to have stopped for pictures of these springs but it just didn’t work out.

With our gas light on and our fuel gauge well below E as we arrived, we were able to gas up at the Dempster Corner, eat a quick lunch and then head down the scenic Klondike Highway for Whitehorse.

Pictures
Sorry, still behind on these. I will update this post as soon as I upload them and make a new entry so you know to come back and look.

Day 8 preview
Two TSDs (Long Lake) in Whitehorse and then the Whitehorse ice race course again.
Then we’re off to Liard Hot Springs and staying at the lodge there. Rustic!!

We probably won’t be able to report Sunday night as I don’t think we’ll have any connectivity from the lodge.

Scores
It looks like we are still in 2nd place overall (1st in class II) but the first several cars are very close together, and tomorrow’s ice races should bring them all closer.

Here are the top 5 overall: